WITH 8.3 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS #1 NEWSCAST ON ALL OF TELEVISION, RANKING #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, AND ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT’ IS ONLY NEWSCAST TO GROW WEEK TO WEEK

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the evening’s No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.304 million), Adults 25-54 (1.137 million) and Adults 18-49 (761,000) during the week of Jan. 27, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

• “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.926 million, 1.093 million and 731,000, respectively) by 1.378 million Total Viewers, by 44,000 Adults 25-54 and by 30,000 Adults 18-49.
• “World News Tonight” widened its Total Viewers gaps over “NBC Nightly News” versus the prior week (+25% – 1.378 million vs. 1.106 million) and the year-ago week (+3% – 1.378 million vs. 1.336 million).
• “World News Tonight” stood as the No. 2 program of the week in Total Viewers (8.304 million) on all of broadcast and cable.
• “World News Tonight” was up over the prior week in Total Viewers (+3%/+204,000 – 8.304 million vs. 8.100 million), drawing its second-largest audience in 1 year — since w/o 1/22/24, behind only the week of “WNT”’s coverage of the Los Angeles wildfires three weeks ago. “WNT” stood as the only evening newscast to grow its overall audience week to week.
• “World News Tonight” saw increases on the same week last year in Total Viewers (+3%/+222,000 – 8.304 million vs. 8.082 million) and Adults 25-54 (+4%/+41,000 – 1.137 million vs. 1.096 million).
• For the week, “World News Tonight” (8.304 million, 1.137 million and 761,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Evening News” (4.812 million, 688,000 and 442,000, respectively) by 3.492 million Total Viewers, by 449,000 Adults 25-54 and by 319,000 Adults 18-49.
• Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.828 million) is ranking No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 9th consecutive year, based on Most Current Data. “World News Tonight” is leading “NBC Nightly News” (6.289 million) by 1.539 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.668 million) by 3.160 million. In fact, “World News Tonight” is growing its Total Viewer lead over NBC compared to the same point last season (+34% – 1.539 million vs. 1.152 million) to its largest in 30 years — since the 1994-1995 season.
• “World News Tonight” is ranking No. 1 in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the 6th straight season. “World News Tonight” (1.118 million and 770,000, respectively) is leading NBC (933,000 and 626,000, respectively), increasing its margins from the same point last season by triple digits in Adults 25-54 (+214% – 185,000 vs. 59,000) and Adults 18-49 (+157% – 144,000 vs. 56,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (682,000 and 455,000, respectively) by 436,000 Adults 25-54 and by 315,000 Adults 18-49.

NOTE: On Friday (1/31/25), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC,” “CBS Evening News” was retitled to “CBS Evening Nws,” and “NBC Nightly News” was retitled to “NBC Nitely News.” The retitled telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. ABC’s, CBS’ and NBC’s weekly averages are based on four days (Monday-Thursday).

ABC’s “World News Tonight with David Muir” airs 6:30-7:00 p.m. EST on ABC. Chris Dinan is the executive producer of the broadcast.

EVENING NEWS (Week of Jan. 27, 2025):

	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54	ADULTS 18-49	HOUSEHOLDS
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT	8,304,000	0.9/11; 1,137,000	0.6/10; 761,000	4.9/16
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS	6,926,000	0.9/11; 1,093,000	0.5/10; 731,000	4.1/14
CBS EVENING NEWS	4,812,000	0.6/7; 688,000	0.3/6; 442,000	2.9/10

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 1/27/25), Previous Week (w/o 1/20/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 1/29/24). Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 2/2/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 2/4/24). Nielsen ratings for ABC, NBC and CBS include additional airings in select markets. Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.

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